[ noun ] a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

They went shopping in the neighborhood , and bought two loaves_of_bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois , and some cheese , and a dozen eggs , and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place_Redoute - the first oranges they had seen since they landed .